Have I mentioned that I really hate running in the afternoon? Got home from school a little earlier today than usual, having had a test in my afternoon class (the subject matter was eating disorders). So I'm hanging out a bit, waiting for either the clouds to thicken a bit or the sun to go past its zenith (it was HIGH when I walked in the door) before I head out. However the longer I sit, the more inertial sets in - so I want to go, and yet, I don't want to go. LOL.
Part of this is my newfound respect for the need for acclimatization to changing seasons. I just learned, during a long conversation with my A&P prof about that among other things, that in areas where there is seasonality, ones blood actually is thicker during the cold months than during the warm months, to assist in heating and cooling. Normally, you just acclimate gradually with the changing of the seasons, but running on unusually warm spring days is like running a car in the summer with winter weight oil - the engine no likey. Sooo... when I ran last Tuesday in conditions very similar to those we have this afternoon and felt like hammered shit afterwards, there was good reason for it. I had planned to go this morning before school, but set my alarm clock for 5 something PM, not am, and didn't wake up on my own until nearly 6, which killed that plan. So, afternoon it will be, and I've shortened the course a bit and will just go slow. School is almost done, and then I can reestablish my schedule and presumably get these runs in the books when it better suits me.
I was very happy with the 11+ miler on Sunday. I am hoping to get in 12 this Sunday (that's a bit iffy, due to a family thing, which is a whole 'nother story) and if that goes well, I will enter the Memorial Day weekend half. And that will probably be it for me until Labor Day weekend, when I hope to do the 12 hour race, which will be my major distance run for the year. There's a chance I'll add the 50K in October, but I really like the idea of a timed race instead of a fixed distance race for what I hope will be my first ultra. Then I'll do Dirty Bird (15K) again Thanksgiving weekend. There's definitely a holiday theme to my runs this year! Of course, all of that is contingent on my staying healthy and the hip continuing to mend as it now seems to be mending. It's interesting. If things go according to plan, I have just over a year before I start grad school (PT schools generally start right after Memorial Day weekend), so my concrete plans now have something of a finite timeline. What DO I want to get done B.G.S. (Before Grad School)? I have no idea what I'll be able to do during - it may be a challenge to even keep up the most rudimentary of plans - so I'm identifying those itches I really want to scratch before my short term priorities change. An Ultra is on the list. So is Cressey's Maximum Strength, and possibly another go through NROL/Abs. And a 2012 Mt. Penn, and possibly a part in a spring 2012 marathon relay... LOL. Don't know of I'll manage to fit that all in, but no one can say I'll be getting bored any time soon.
Speaking of soon - best to hit the roads now, so I can be home before rush hour.
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